The Indian cricket team did cross a line in the third Test against South Africa, with the likes of Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, and R Ashwin accusing the broadcaster of tampering with the DRS images. Though there’s no denying that DRS could’ve malfunctioned in reviewing the LBW dismissal of Dean Elgar.
However, the Hawkeye element of DRS suggested that the ball would have crossed the stump. The ball had, in fact, landed in the middle of the stumps and hit Elgar’s pad in the middle. Yet, DRS showed the ball, on hitting the pads, would have gone over the stumps.
The incident left the Indian camp furious, with the likes of Ashwin, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli even accusing the hosts’ broadcaster of tempering with the visuals.
Meanwhile, Sunil Gavaskar has reacted to Virat Kohli’s outburst on the stump mic during the Cape Town Test, saying it was an avoidable situation and something that the India captain could have prevented. Gavaskar is not happy with the incident either. He believes the stump mic capturing something is one thing but going intentionally near the stumps and saying stuff isn’t good.
When you are playing for your country… when you are trying your best to win, every single moment that you are out there, you can lose your composure and cool. If you say something while you are walking, it’s a different matter, but when you go towards a stump mic you know it is going to pick up stuff then it doesn’t look good so that was something that was avoidable,” Gavaskar said on Sports Today.
“Tempers are lost on a sporting arena. You see any sports – whether it is football, cricket or any other sport – tempers are lost. I don’t think they were trying to insinuate something But if you look at it, how would we Indians feel if an overseas team captain did this went to the stump mic and say something to the television channel covering the series. We wouldn’t accept it,” added Gavaskar.
